Courts & Crime

Only one defendant remains from a case originally charged with gang activity in La Grange.

Originally, eight individuals were charged with a litany of drug offenses and criminal gang activity, but only lesser charges for Casey Endicott, 19, of Shelbyville, remain after Keaton Lee, of La Grange, became the seventh co-defendant to take a plea deal.

A La Grange man originally charged with indecent exposure has pled guilty to a lesser charge.

Jon Selby, 44, was arrested Jan. 31 at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center in Crestwood and initially charged with indecent exposure and alcohol intoxication among other charges after police found him allegedly masturbating in the parking lot.

The last remaining co-defendant in a case initially involving charges of gang activity in La Grange has been indicted on lesser charges.

Casey Endicott, 19, of Shelbyville, was indicted by an Oldham County Grand Jury on charges of unlawful transaction with a minor, second degree, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

Charges ranging from conspiracy to commit murder, possession of cocaine and engaging in organized crime were dropped.

June 16 -- Nikko M. Hopson, 21, La Grange, was arrested on multiple warrants which include three warrants for TBUT under $500, four probation violations and trafficking in a controlled substance first degree, first offense. Also, burglary third degree, TBUT auto more than $500 but under $10,000, criminal mischief first degree, burglary second degree and three warrants for TBUT $500 or more but under $10,000. Total of 15 warrants.

In the day and age of being more closely connected to the hundreds of people on a social media profile rather than the person living in the house next door, it may be easier for some to make the trip to the store rather than to ask their neighbors to borrow a cup of sugar, but what if there was an app to connect neighbors privately?

Roederer Correctional Complex (RCC) in La Grange received a near-perfect audit score on its recent re-accreditation audit with the American Correctional Association (ACA). The prison received a total score of 99.6 percent. RCC received its initial accreditation in 1990 and this audit marks the ninth accreditation in the history of the institution.

RCC is the department’s assessment and classification center for all incoming male felons with the exception of those sentenced to death row. More than 7,000 inmates are processed by the institution each year.